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Montreal-based home hardware retailer Rona Inc. has bought another family-run lumber business in B.C. Rona's acquisition of Burnaby's Dicks Lumber and Building Supplies Ltd. for an undisclosed sum will add to its 51 stores across B.C.

Canfor Corp.'s (TSX:CFP) New South Companies Inc. American subsidiary plans to buy South Carolina-based Chesterfield Lumber Company Inc. for US$18 million.

Vancouver-based Corix Utilities has won a US$100 million contract to provide electric meter installers for electric utility Southern California Edison.

Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. plans to close its Okanagan Falls sawmill before Christmas as part of the restructuring of its B.C. operations. The closure will throw 224 people out of work.

Vancouver-based Mountain Equipment Co-op is promoting Montreal's In Town Without My Car day on Thursday. MEC employees at the outdoor equipment retailer will be biking from the MEC store at Marche Central to its kiosk in downtown Montreal.

Vancouver-based biotech Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX:ANP; Nasdaq:ANPI) has reached a settlement with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Conor Medsystems over a stent patent.

For the first half of 2007, net earnings for Vancouver's Wall Financial Corp. (TSX:WFC) ballooned on successful real estate sales during the six-month period ending July 31, 2007. Net profits rose to $19.9 million compared with $5.

AMEC, Vancouver's largest engineering firm, has acquired Chile's largest independent engineering services company.

The province is investing more than $204,000 to install 120 solar hot water panels atop North Vancouver City's new municipal library.

Rogers Wireless is spending $10 million to expand its GSM wireless network in northern British Columbia. The project will increase network coverage along the Prince Rupert/Prince George corridor.